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Basque Fact of the Week: What is the Difference between Euskadi, Euskal Herria, and the BAC?

What’s in a name? For a place like the Basque Country, there are several names that jumble together and can be confusing at times. Because the Basque Country is split by the Spanish-French border and, even within Spain, it is split into two different autonomous communities, there are different names that reflect this politically complex […]

The Basque Country by the Numbers

Percent of GDP invested in research and development. All of Iparralde is lumped together. Source: http://atlasa.net/en/economy/provinces

The Basque Country by the Numbers

Rate of activity in the primary sector (e.g. agriculture, mining, forestry, grazing, hunting and gathering, fishing, and quarrying). Source: http://atlasa.net/en/society/provinces

The Basque Country by the Numbers

Rate of higher education in 2010. Source: http://atlasa.net/en/society/provinces

The Basque Country by the Numbers

Percent of elderly living in a state of loneliness. Source: https://www.gaindegia.eus/eu/bakardade-egoeran-bizi-diren-adinekoak

The Basque Country by the Numbers

Unemployment in 2015. Source: http://atlasa.net/en/society/provinces

The Basque Country by the Numbers

Percent of land covered in forest. Source: http://atlasa.net/en/environment/provinces

The Basque Country by the Numbers

Useful agricultural land by province. Source: https://es.slideshare.net/maixu61/euskal-herria-geografa-economia (originally Gaindegia)

The Basque Country by the Numbers

The percent of people who use Euskara as much as or more than another language. The numbers for Zuberoa and Nafarroa Beherea are shared. Source: https://www.mintzaira.fr/fileadmin/documents/Aktualitateak/015_VI_ENQUETE_PB__Fr.pdf

The Basque Country by the Numbers

The percent of people who can speak Euskara. The numbers for Zuberoa and Nafarroa Beherea are shared. Source: https://www.mintzaira.fr/fileadmin/documents/Aktualitateak/015_VI_ENQUETE_PB__Fr.pdf